Acknowledgments 1. A Continental Philosophy of Luxury: An Introduction 2. On the Concept of a Continental Philosophy of Luxury 3. Longing for Luxury Perfume: A Nietzschean Interpretation 4. Heidegger and the World of Sustainable Luxury: On the Earth in Jean-Michel Basquiat's Equals Pi 5. Luxurious Escape with Levinas: Superyachts as Getaway Vehicles 6. The Pursuit of Luxury as an Act of Transgression: Bataille, Sovereignty, Desire 7. What Is a Luxury Experience? Gadamer and Luxury Fashion Branded Videogames 8.

Adorno's Critical Theory and the Singular Instant of Luxury: On Contemporary Conceptions of Luxury Consumer Experience 9. Conclusion: Continental Philosophy of Luxury: Future Possibilities Index.